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Vinny Vella (born October 3, 1950) is an actor and part-time comedian.
Vella was born Vincet in New York City. His father raced at to win enough money to buy a scale for the pushcart he sold fish from, then earning enough to open a fish store.
He is probably best known for the role of "Artie Piscano" in Martin Scorsese's Casino. He was the subject of a 67-minute documentary called "Hey, Vinny", completed in 2000 by director John Huba.
He also played Jimmy Petrille on the HBO show The Sopranos.
In New York City, he hosts a public-access television cable TV show on MNN, the Vinny Vella show
He is married to the former Margaret Ann Hernandez; they have one son, Vincent Louis Vellacerra, Jr.
Vella was at one time the "Mayor of Elizabeth Street".
In 2007, he opened his own pizzeria in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York.
In June 2008, Vella was involved in controversy around a lottery ticket according to some sources threatened to sue over it.
Martin Charles Scorsese ( /skɔrˈsɛsɛ/; born November 17, 1942) is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, actor, and film historian. In 1990 he founded The Film Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to film preservation, and in 2007 he founded the World Cinema Foundation. He is a recipient of the AFI Life Achievement Award for his contributions to the cinema, and has won Academy Award, Palme d'Or, Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs, and DGA Awards.
Scorsese's body of work addresses such themes as Italian American identity, Roman Catholic concepts of guilt and redemption,machismo, modern crime, and violence. Scorsese is hailed as one of the most significant and influential filmmakers of all time, directing landmark films such as Mean Streets (1973), Taxi Driver (1976), Raging Bull (1980), and Goodfellas (1990) – all of which he collaborated on with actor and close friend Robert De Niro. He won the Academy Award for Best Director for The Departed (2006), having been nominated a previous five times.
LIfe With Vinny
Vinny Vella and Martin Scorsese on 60 Minutes
Joseph Rigano, Vinny Vella & Vinny Vella Jr. in "Those Things'll Kill Ya"
Vinny Vella Speaks Out to aNYthin NY Sories
Mob Wives on The Vinny Vella Show HD
Sopranos Remember James Gandolfini: The Vinny Vella Show
Meet Vinny Vella
Godfather's Daughter: Rita Gigante on The Vinny Vella Show (HD)
Saving Little Italy (2013) - Pete Allman Interviews Vinny Vella
The Duprees on The Vinny Vella Show HD
Charles S Dutton's Interview on The Vinny Vella Show
Vinny Vella Sr. (Casino) - Actor - Anybody Who Ain't Anybody
Is it true you don't want to Feel a thing?
Then stay in the underground Remain elusive I'm higher now than when I broke down It's wrong I don't think about you Is it wrong I don't think about you?
Took a walk to the bridge again last night Gave no thoughts to mistakes I've made I felt cleansed for once in my life The sky was perfect clear I walked home again last night And got a feeling that I rarely question Rolled right over the thought of a breakdown And smiled without a care
If I never see you again I'm counting my blessings I'm higher now than when I broke down It's wrong I don't think about you Is it wrong I don't think about you?